Weeding implement



H. L. GILLILAND.

WEEDING IMPLEMENT.

APPucATloN FILED IAN. 15, |921.

1,400,673. Patented Dec. 20, 19251.

HERBERT L. GELLLAND, OF -IARRNGTON, VJASHINGTN.

VIEEDINC. EMPLTMENL.

Application filed January 15, 1921. Serial No. 437,559.

To aZZ whom it may conce/rn.'

Be it known that l, HERBERT L. Geminiani), a citizen ot the United States, residing at Harrington, in the county og? Lincoln and State of VJashingrton, have invented certain new and useful improvements in @Voeding implements, ot which the following is a specification.

My present invention relates to improvements in llVeeding implements `involving` the use ot a plurality oi oscillatable members similar to hoes, adapted to operate with their cuttingor chopping edges sliohtly below the suriace et the soil7 in orderl to uproot and clear the soil et `weeds',die.,`in the process oi cultivation ot' the ground `lor cultural purposes.

With this end in view the primary object of the invention is the provision oi an implement ot' this character that is comparatively inexpensive oi2 production, simple in construction and operation and aotuefed by the traction wheels of the horse drawn implement by which the operating devices are carried.

By the utilization ot my invention a comparatively wide r a ot ground is covered and weeded by the passage thereover of the weeding,` implement. and the weeding is-accomplished with rapidity and eii'ectiveness.

'lhe invention consists in certain novel combinations and arrangements oi parts whereby a series or plurality oi independently acting hoe elements are simultaneously actuated by a common driving member, and other` features or' consti c ction as will be hereinaiter more fully described and claimed.

ln the accompanying drawings l have illustrated one complete example oi' the physical embodiment in a wheeled-implement of the invention, wherein the parts are combined and arranged according to the best mode l have thus far devised for the practical application oi' the principles of my invention.

Figure l is a longitudinal sectional view of an implement embodying; the invention, the Section beingl talren at line l-l oiE Fig. 2.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the implement with parts broken away for convenience oi` illustration.

Fig. S is a perspective view showing a portion of the crank shaft utilized for actuating the hoe members.

Fig. Il is a perspective view oi a portion Specification of Letters Patent.

' in the seat S.

patented nee.. ao, ioni.

ot one or the hoe beams, showing alsoits blade or chopping device.

ln the preferred formoi the invention as illustrated in the drawings l" have utilized a horse drawn implement involvin'gfarectang-pilar, tranversely extending supporting or main "frame l in which the axle or shaft 2 is journaled, and the pair of traction wheels 3, 3 are fixed onthe shaft to revolve therewith.

1lWhen horses are `employed they maybe attached to the draft tongues indicated at 4,

which are rigidly attached to theirame as by holte, or ay tractor may be substituted for the horsesand suitably connected with the implement ii desired. Each of the traction wheels 3 is fashioned withan internal gear or toothed ring 5 rigidly attached thereto to impart rotary movement to a crank shaft o which is properly journaled, as at 8 beneath the supporting frameand entends parallel with the axleV toward the front of the implement. At the respective ends of the crank shaft is located a fixed pinion 7 revoluble with the crank shaft and in engagement with the internal gearingI to be driven thereby as the traction wheels revolve with passage oi the implement over the soil.

The crank shaft is `provided with a suitable number oi arms or bearings 8 to which the several hoe beams 9 are connected by bearing collars l0, and each beam is equipped with a. choppingblade il. is shown in the plan view toe blades are arranged to extend successively and transversely oi the implementj at the oi? the axle? and. about on a line with the rear edges of the traction wheels, and as the beams are of similar length but journaled at various points around the central axis oi the crank shaft, the blades are located in staggeredrelation.

The blades are designed to enter just below the top surface ot the soil, and they may be simultaneously adjusted as to altitude by operation of the lever l2 pivoted as usual on' the frame, and in convenient position to be accessible to the driver who sits in oscillatable or rock bar i3 is journaled in the frame parallel with the crank shaft and to therear oi' the axle and this bar may be actuated from the lever l2 bythe connectinglever arm lt and link l5. rlhe rock bar has a number oi iixed roel: arms lo corresponding to 'the number of hoe beams, and the hoe beams are suspended from the respective rock arms by links 17 pivoted at 18 and 18' Vto the arm and beam respectively. Y y f In order to secure freedom of movement inV turning, the wheels 3, 3 may be journaled -oiiftlie ends of the axlein which case the A axle is fixed. to the frame, and to provide ll O for a. differential movement of the driving earing between the traction wheels and crank shaft, a pawl and ratchet mechanism,

' indicated at 19 and 20 in Fig. 5 in connection with thepinion 7, maybe employed.

From the above description taken in coni rne'ction with the drawings it will be appar-V ent lthat asV `the implement is drawn over `the i ground the traction wheels operate the and-V cranlrshaft through their gearing,- through the connections from the lcrank shaft *the pivotally suspended -hoe f beams 'are actuated with. a chopping action similar ``tothe actionfof a hoe for digging into `the soil of the -ield to clear the sameof `roots .and weeds :&c. jTo suit varyingfconditions ving` said gear rings, a series of beams gournaled to the crank shaft and each v chopping of a crank shaft and pinions thereon engagbent hoe provided vwith transversely extending blade, a rock bar, an operating leverj an arm von the rock bar and Yar `link connecting said armV and lever, a seriesv oi rock` arms on saidbar corresponding with the hoe beams and al suspending link between each rock arm and its complementary hoe beam for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature.

f HERBERT LESTER GILLILAND. 

